Vodcast 1.5

Textbook Reading:

Biology - Unity & Diversity:

Chapter 18 (whole chapter)

OpenStax Biology:

Chapter 20- (whole chapter)

AP Bio- Evolution 5: Classification5 of 7 of Evolution Domain. Image Credits: Biology (Campbell) 9th edition, copyright Pearson 2011, & The Internet. Provided under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. By David Knuffke.

Supplemental Goodness

Paul Andersen shows you how to construct a cladogram from a group of organisms using shared characteristics. He also discusses the process of parsimony in cladogram construction. He then explains how modern cladograms are constructed and walks through a cladogram of primates.

Paul Andersen discusses the specifics of phylogenetics. The evolutionary relationships of organisms are discovered through both morphological and molecular data. A specific type of phylogenetic tree, the cladogram, is also covered.

Crash Course Biology #19 - Hank tells us the background story and explains the importance of the science of classifying living things, also known as taxonomy.

Things you should make sure you understand:

(feel free to ask questions about them in class)

How the Linnaean Hierarchy is used to classify organisms.
How organisms are classified using binomial nomenclature.
How to properly write an organism’s scientific name.
How to make and read a cladogram.
The ideas of maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood.
The differences between mono-, poly-, and paraphyletic groups in a phylogenetic tree.